Deadline: 8-Feb-23
Have you thought about looking outside U.S. borders to find solutions for the health equity challenges your community is facing in the U.S.? If yes, then apply for the Global Learning for Health Equity Network (GL4HE) for Planning Grants.
Created in 2020 with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Global Learning for Health Equity Network (GL4HE) is accepting proposals for planning grants to help community-based organizations and health equity advocates learn about creative approaches, initiatives or policies from countries around the world that can inform their efforts to advance health equity in the U.S.
This Call for Proposals is designed to support global learners at any of the stages represented in the model to help progress the learners forward in their global learning journey and to set them up for future funding. The goal of this seed funding program is to support a community organization, academic partnership or public health department develop preliminary data on one element of global learning to help the group embark on the path of global learning for health equity and seek further funding.
Objectives
- The GL4HE Network will support grantees as they plan for a global learning project in their communities. They encourage both new entrants and those experienced in global learning to apply for funding. Grantees and their organizations will be considered "Global Learning Teams." Each Global Learning Team will be partnered and matched with one or more global learning for health equity experts from the Network dependent on their health equity project type and stage of global learning. Network experts will provide support, including coaching and mentoring on implementation, research, and synthesis plans. All Network experts have experience in implementation science, research and evaluation, and community engagement and can support global learning research and evaluation.
- To obtain funding, potential grantees will propose a global learning initiative they would like to bring to their community to address a health equity challenge. The grant will fund 5-10 groups to design global learning initiatives under the mentorship of GL4HE Network partners with expertise in multiple areas of global learning. The primary deliverable for these grants will be a well-designed project report detailing the outcome of the funded project, pilot data collected, and proposed next steps to further design, implement, or evaluate a global learning initiative. Global Learning Teams will be offered at least two opportunities to share their proposals with curated panels of global health and health equity funders in “pitch” sessions designed to provide feedback and exposure to grantees. The Global Learning Teams will become members of the GL4HE Network at the completion of the grant term.
- The GL4HE team will provide technical assistance to grantees throughout the process. Through its research, the GL4HE Network determined that the most significant barriers to global learning are lack of understanding and mentorship at every step of the global learning process. The unfamiliarity and lack of continuous support prevents community organizations, academia, health care systems, and public health departments from taking the first steps into global learning to address their health equity needs. Technical assistance from Network experts will support grantees and provide resources to mitigate challenges to uptake of global learning.
Funding Information
- Grants of $30,000-$50,000 are available for 6-8 projects.
What kinds of global learning and health equity initiatives are fundable?
- The project must focus on advancing health equity in a local community in the United States. Projects that emphasize gender equity, climate change, and community power are encouraged. Funding is not limited to these focus areas and a variety of health equity projects are acceptable.
Eligibility Criteria
- A wide range of organizations are eligible to apply. These include NGOs (non-governmental organizations), a range of community-based organizations, public health departments, university centers and partnerships.
- Partnerships with and creation of teams among community-based organizations (CBOs), health equity organizations, heath systems, and academic organizations are encouraged and preferred (e.g., a partnership between a CBO (Community Based Organization) and a university or CBO and a health care system). At least one team member must be a community organizational leader, and preferably in a shared leadership role as co-project director.
- All selected applicants must have a demonstrated history of community engagement and initiatives.
- Applicants at various stages of global learning are welcome to apply. Some grantees may be at the earliest domain while others are at a later domain and thus, the appropriate technical assistance provided by the GL4HE Network experts will be tailored to the specific needs of each grantee during the one-year grant term. Domains are fluid and intersectional and organizations may be at multiple domains with multiple projects, and this will be taken into consideration when considering proposals.
For more information, visit University of Maryland, Baltimore.